Try to call to mind some experience from your life of profound welcome and belonging. Join Ann Fuehrer, Libby Earle, and Liz Woedl (service leader) will join participants in a conversation about the Congregation’s vital role in the Renewal of our Welcoming Congregation certification. The service will be live in the Hopedale building and available … Continue reading Sunday Service: Shaping Beloved Community
On Sunday, June 26 the building will be open at noon for those who want to meet to livestream the Sunday Service from General Assembly, which will be at 12:30 pm EDT (since GA is on the West Coast this year).
We will celebrate this unique UU ritual as an intergenerational service where children will actively participate. Designed during the lead-up to World War II, the flower communion is an expression of worth of human life in all its diversity. Stay tuned for ways that those at home can experience the joy. Presenter and Service Leader: … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Flower Communion” with Patty Klingenberg
This multi-generational worship service will include a Bridging Ritual for our newest Young Adult, Kiefer Bell. There will be time to recognize him and his family as he makes this important transition from youth to young adult. We will also have reflections on Hopedale’s community of children, how we’ve fared through the Pandemic and what … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Hopedale Children’s Religious Education and Bridging to Adulthood.”
Join Libby Earle in an examination of the reasons for supporting an 8th Principle: We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: Journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “The Time for the 8th Principle is Now.”
On Mothers’ Day, come join Patty Klingenberg and Diane Wright for an intergenerational service where we will explore what it means to have a mom, to be a mom, or to be a friend of a mom. Service leader: Patty Klingenberg. Note: There is no need to RSVP for in-person services. Note, there is no … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “My Mom Always Helps Me and She Taught Me Not to Play with Sharp Knives”
Mindfulness strengthens our ability to be in the “here and now,” but is that all? Actually, it is just the beginning. Our capacity to focus our attention, and to notice our thoughts in a nonjudgmental and curious manner, allows us to respond rather than react. Mindfulness creates the space for us to pause and reflect … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “The Power of the Pause: Using Mindfulness to Navigate Life Decisions” with Terri Messman.
Join Adriane Ruther and Sara Morris as we explore our 7th Principle: “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” A portion of this intergenerational service provides an option to go outside, whether via Zoom or in person, so come prepared if you’d like to participate! Service leader: Darrel Davis
Using the Bible story of “The Road to Emmaus” as a metaphor, we will explore stories of times “perfect strangers” reached out to help us. Perhaps you were that “stranger” who saw someone in need and became “a helper.” Muriel Blaisdell and Cynthia Kelley will lead a discussion on this topic. If you have a … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Perfect Strangers”
April 10 is National siblings Day, and we’ll take the opportunity to celebrate siblinghood in all its forms. Come join Diane Wright for this intergenerational service as we reflect on the siblings we have, and the siblings we choose. Service leader: Linda Amspaugh. At the end of the service: Grand RE-Opening and Dedication of the Lower … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Oh Brother! Reflections of Siblings’ Day”
